Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-03-29

The river is still falling at Yankton
and the bars are beginning to show In
front of the city.
BELOW THE JIM.
The overflow of the lower bottoms
below the Jim continues and our latest
information is that there has been NO
change in the status of the flood. The
lowest plantations are covered. Yester-
day several families near Clay vile were
menaced by water and had to be taken
out in boats.
At Insley g ranch, neal the Vermlllion
river, some two hundred head of cattle
are In the water and as ice has formed
over the surface there has been IN
siderable suffering and some loes.
Yesterday John Martin, of the Yank.
ton firm of Martin & Anderson, droYe
from Vermillion, by way of the bluff
road. to Volins and came to Yankton on
the Northwestern. He reports an ex-
tensive overflow in the Vermillion
neighborhood and much discomfort re-
sultIng therefrom.
The Milwaukee railroad COM
pany has q large force
OF men at work along the line OF its road
from the first. washout THE side of Guy
vile ell the way to Elk Point. The road
bed has been considerably damaged, but
the Milwaukee folks say they expect to
have trains running over it tomorrow.
1t is now probable that the settlers on
the bottomibelow will be relieved from
danger in a few days. The Missouri il
falling above and their food depends
mainly upon the acts of the Jim.t
W. Stearns was in town to-day from
the upper bottom. He says the water
his family.is back in his residence upon
the bottom,
TIL RIVER,
The river has fallen at Bismarck until
it is nearly within Its banks. The rail-
road bridge has been repaired and ls
once more in use. The Sibley Island
gorge still holds, though a channel has
been cut through it which has let most
OF the water out. The Washburn gorge
above Bismarck yet holds intact and
there is q large accumulation o: water
behind it. All reports show q felling river
from Washburn down to the mouth OF
Jim river.
cmn lrrEp nnkfpurNn ATT. DrHrrr
Pierre, March Especial to the Press
and Dakotaian-Capt. r. f. Wolfola
and Capt. Ed Anderson arrived last
night from the steamer Gen. Tompkins
and report her all right. When the msir
ice moved out she parted twelve lihei
and drifted down the river five miles
where the ice shoYed her out OF the eas,
shore and the river fell and left her high
and dry, but in good shape.
Capt. Woliolk goes to Bismarck tc
bring down the steamer Perry and ma.
terial to put the Tompkins in the river
The river is falling slowly.
NAH ADvICEs
Bismarck, March 27-The Northern
Pacific trains crossed the river bridg,
and trestle at this point to-day for tn,
first time in eight days. The workmel
labored on the repairs all of last nigh
and the result is q surprise to everybody
The water has been falling rapidly fol
three days, and is very shallow on tn,
lowlands. The gorge at Washburn j
the cause of the fall here, and it is ex
pected that it will break soon and over
flow the country to as great a depth a
at any time during the food. Th'
Northern Pacific has now taken sucl
precautions that it will not be %seriousl,
affected by the food in the future, an,
transcontinental traffic has resumed
No more deaths by the food have beel
reported,
Bismarck, Oak, March 28-The foo,
is now considered at an end although
there are still fears of the breaking o
the upper gorge. The GOLD weather ha'
stopped the flow of water from tn
heretofore melting SHOWS, and il ia be
lieved here that a channel has been Gu
through the gorge at Sibley Island
The river is once more within its bank
and navigation will be opened within
few days. The trains of the Norther
y Pacific are now crossing the bridge an
, transcontinental traffic is now re
sumed.
The Washhurn gorge has proved 8
Q complete q dam that the flood water ha
almost entirely disappeared yesterds.
When it breaks the water will be q
high as ever as the Sibiey gorge hold
yet. The temporary subsidenc
n of the food affords an opportunity fe
the escape Of the Kennedy family frol
. Sibley Island. The Northern Pacif
perfected Its repairs on the trestle Satu
day night and trains crossed in safet
yesterday for the first time in over
week.
Mound City, OAK, March 28-It
definitely learned that John McLain,
La(irace blacksmith. and William Kiri
land, q farmer near by, were swept ava
II family end Jacob Berger and famil
q spent "a hours on their roof tops in tt
blizzard. The loss of cattle and pc
sonal property has been heavy; N
81 Chi]cott lost 200 sheep.
TALK ABOUT GORGE
st, Paul Pioneer Press: Talking wi
II Mayor Allen the other day | happen,
to mention the recent ice gorge at Bl
marck, and asked him il it were possib
to anticipate q gorge and prevent j
formation by any means known toengi
cry. He thought not. Ii he could co
- troll the elements it might be Eossib
Il. to prevent the formation of an Ice gorl
or dispel the dangerous forces Of o tori
~ do. Georges are formed sometimes
'ls the side of q stream, sometimes at l
NJ hoktom. and aIWayg with disaatrouE